Template:Cite PTV route/sandbox
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This template produces citations for routes run by Public Transport Victoria.
If you just need a link to a route page on PTV's website, and not a full citation, you can use {{PTV route}}.
Usage[edit]
<ref>{{cite PTV route|<route number>|mode=<mode of transportation>|access-date=<date you checked the link>}}</ref>
Parameters[edit]
- route - the route number of the route you wish to link to. This parameter is required, but you can use the first positional parameter instead;
{{cite PTV route|123}}has the same result as{{cite PTV route|route=123}}. - mode - the mode of transport for the route you wish to link to. Use
busto link to a bus route,tramto link to a tram route ortrainto link to a Metro train route. This parameter is optional, and if no value is supplied the template will attempt to link to a bus route by default. - access-date, archive-url, archive-date, dead-url - these are passed through to {{cite web}}. See Template:Cite web#URL for details of how to use them. You can also use the aliases accessdate, archiveurl, archivedate, and deadurl.
Examples[edit]
| Code | Result |
|---|---|
<ref>{{cite PTV route|735|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
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[1] |
<ref>{{cite PTV route|5|mode=tram|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
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[2] |
References[edit]
- ^ "735 Box Hill to Nunawading". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "5 Melbourne University - Malvern". Public Transport Victoria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
Updating routes[edit]
To edit the route data, please go to Module:PTV route/data.
Tracking categories[edit]
This template uses the following tracking categories:
- Category:PTV route templates with invalid routes - for transclusions that specify a combination of
|route=and|mode=that does not exist in Module:PTV route/data. - Category:PTV route templates with deprecated parameters - for transclusions using deprecated parameters. (However, as of March 2019, only {{PTV route}} has deprecated parameters.)